I.
noun
1 part of sth that has been divided
ADJECTIVE
▪ bigger , greater , higher , large , the lion's , major , significant , substantial
▪
The region receives a higher ~ of tax revenue than it raises.
▪ full
▪ small
▪ modest
▪
a modest ~ of total exports
▪ growing , increasing
▪ 5% , 10% , etc.
▪
The wife owns an 80% ~ of their second home.
▪ equal
▪ disproportionate
▪
The government devotes a disproportionate ~ of the budget to military expenditure.
▪ proportionate
▪ audience , market
▪
to lose market ~
▪
to win market ~
▪
The supermarket giant has continued to gain market ~.
VERB + SHARE
▪ get , have , receive , take
▪
You should receive a large ~ of the profits.
▪
Hospitals take the lion's ~ of the budget.
▪ increase , reduce
▪ lose
▪
Broadcast networks are losing ~ to cable networks.
▪ be entitled to
▪
She may be entitled to a ~ of his future earnings.
▪ claim
▪
Everyone wants to claim their ~ of fame and fortune.
▪ contribute , do
▪
We must all do our ~ of the work.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a reduced ~ of the vote
▪
I accept my ~ of the blame.
PHRASES
▪ do your ~ of sth , have your ~ of sth , see your ~ of sth
▪
He had done his ~ of partying in college.
▪
She has seen her ~ of suffering.
▪
The industry has had its fair ~ of problems.
▪ a ~ of the spoils ( BrE )
▪
She won a ~ of the spoils at the last competition.
2 in a company ⇨ See also ↑ stock
ADJECTIVE
▪ ordinary ( BrE )
▪ preference ( BrE ), preferred ( AmE )
▪ penny ( BrE )
▪ outstanding
▪
The stock dividend would increase the company's outstanding ~s to a total of 1 100 000.
▪ additional
▪ company's
▪
The company's ~s slumped 11%.
VERB + SHARE
▪ acquire , buy , get , invest in , purchase
▪ have , hold ( formal ), own
▪ dump ( informal ), sell
▪ deal in , trade in
▪
a new company dealing in US ~s
▪ float , issue
▪
The company has issued four classes of ~s.
SHARE + VERB
▪ trade
▪
The ~s were trading at $1.10.
▪ go up , rise
▪
American ~s rose 2.7% the next day.
▪ fall
SHARE + NOUN
▪ price , value
▪
Hong Kong ~ prices plunged.
▪ valuation
▪ certificate
▪ portfolio
▪ index
▪
the FTSE 100 ~ index
▪ capital
▪ option , scheme (both BrE )
▪
The Chief Executive's ~ option has earned him over £2 million.
▪ ownership
▪ transaction , transfer
▪ purchase
▪ buy-back
▪
The group recently announced a £300 m ~ buy-back.
▪ issue , offer , offering , sale
▪
A ~ issue has been launched to finance the restoration of the building.
▪ dealing
▪
allegations of illegal ~ dealings
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
I have a few ~s in the gas compny.
PHRASES
▪ a class of ~s
▪ stocks and ~s ( BrE )
▪
I have some money in stocks and ~s.
▪ the value of your ~s
▪
Will this affect the value of my ~s?
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ fully
▪
knowledge that others cannot fully ~
▪ equally
▪
We ~d the money equally between the three of us.
▪ broadly , freely
▪
an environment where information is freely ~d
VERB + SHARE
▪ want to , would like to
▪ be prepared to , be willing to
▪
experienced teachers willing to ~ their expertise with others
▪ be reluctant to
▪ be forced to , have to
▪ agree to
▪ refuse to
▪ let sb
▪
She wished he would let her ~ his pain.
PREPOSITION
▪ among
▪
The patterns are ~d among the potters.
▪ between
▪
Responsibility is ~d between parents and teachers.
▪ in
▪
He ~d in our enthusiasm for rowing.
▪ with
▪
She had to ~ a bedroom with her sister.
PHRASES
▪ widely ~d
▪
These ideas are widely ~d in the community.
Share is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ affinity , ↑ ancestor , ↑ ancestry , ↑ anecdote , ↑ anxiety , ↑ apartment , ↑ appreciation , ↑ bed , ↑ bedroom , ↑ belief , ↑ bill , ↑ birthday , ↑ blame , ↑ bond , ↑ booty , ↑ border , ↑ bottle , ↑ boundary , ↑ burden , ↑ cab , ↑ characteristic , ↑ common ground , ↑ confidence , ↑ connection , ↑ conviction , ↑ cost , ↑ custody , ↑ data , ↑ descent , ↑ desire , ↑ detail , ↑ disappointment , ↑ duty , ↑ embrace , ↑ emotion , ↑ enthusiasm , ↑ experience , ↑ expertise , ↑ faith , ↑ fascination , ↑ fate , ↑ feature , ↑ feeling , ↑ file , ↑ flat , ↑ food , ↑ goal , ↑ grief , ↑ heritage , ↑ honour , ↑ hope , ↑ house , ↑ idea , ↑ ideal , ↑ identity , ↑ ideology , ↑ impression , ↑ information , ↑ insight , ↑ instinct , ↑ intelligence , ↑ interest , ↑ joke , ↑ joy , ↑ kiss , ↑ knowledge , ↑ laugh , ↑ liking , ↑ limelight , ↑ load , ↑ love , ↑ memory , ↑ misery , ↑ misgivings , ↑ money , ↑ name , ↑ needle , ↑ news , ↑ opinion , ↑ optimism , ↑ origin , ↑ pain , ↑ passion , ↑ philosophy , ↑ platform , ↑ point of view , ↑ power , ↑ prize , ↑ profit , ↑ prosperity , ↑ recipe , ↑ recollection , ↑ resource , ↑ responsibility , ↑ room , ↑ scepticism , ↑ screen , ↑ secret , ↑ sentiment , ↑ similarity , ↑ skill , ↑ sorrow , ↑ sovereignty , ↑ space , ↑ spoils , ↑ spotlight , ↑ stage , ↑ story , ↑ suffering , ↑ suspicion , ↑ syringe , ↑ taste , ↑ taxi , ↑ tent , ↑ thought , ↑ tradition , ↑ trait , ↑ value , ↑ view , ↑ viewpoint , ↑ vision , ↑ wealth , ↑ workload , ↑ worry